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It is 75 years today since Ingrid Hedström was born.
TThe Swedish journalist and author Ingrid Hedström were born in Söderhamn in the central Swedish province of Hälsingland, and then moved to Avesta in nearby Dalarna when she was five years old. She is said to be one of the 1960’s so-called "welfare-state princesses", meaning that she was the first in her family to graduate from high school. She completed her final exam at Avesta Grammar School in...
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Christensen, Lars Saabye
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Norwegian author who grew up in the Oslo suburb Skillebekk. He also lived for several years in Sortland in northern Norway,...
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Fitzek, Sebastian
1971 -
The German author and game constructor Sebastian Fitzek was born in Berlin. After studying at Charlottenburger...
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Greene, Graham
1904 - 1991
Henry Graham Greene was a British author and journalist born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, who became one of the foremost...
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Wells, Carolyn
1862 - 1942
Carolyn Wells was a best-selling American author of children’s and young adult books and mystery stories in the early 1...
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